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Stephen Badsey argues that in 1914, Great Britain (excluding Ireland) was the most homogeneous and settled society of any of the major powers. He states that the population was almost entirely literate and first language English Speakers. Christianity was almost universal and religious discrimination limited. The distinctive cultural identity ...
HMS Dreadnought.The 1902, 1904 and 1907 agreements with Japan, France and Russia allowed Britain to refocus resources during the Anglo-German naval arms race. In explaining why Britain went to war with Germany, British historian Paul Kennedy (1980) argued that a critical factor was the British realisation that Germany was rapidly becoming economically more powerful than Britain.
The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary. [4] 16 August 1914 The British Government announces an amnesty for Suffragettes, following the suspension of militant action by Women's Social and Political Union and other groups. [8] September 1914 German businesses in Britain are shutting down, for example the Münchener Löwenbräu London ...
Castles of steel : Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780679456711. Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. V. Nashville: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-255-1. Phillips, Lawrie (2011). The Royal Navy Day by Day. Stroud: Spellmount.
The only counter-argument the Government could offer was it was of absolute necessity. Workers must be convinced that there were too few volunteers to meet the need, meaning the loss of the war and the end of Britain! Army leaders should convince Union leaders by stating military facts. Henderson's own son was killed in the war a year later. [24]
Establishment and Strength of the British Army (excluding Indian native troops stationed in India) prior to August, 1914. By the First World War, the British military forces (i.e., those raised in British territory, whether in the British Isles or colonies, and also those raised in the Channel Islands, but not the British Indian Army, the military forces of the Dominions, or those of British ...
The Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), whose airships were primarily used for reconnaissance over the North Sea, continued to bomb the United Kingdom until 1918. In all, fifty-one raids on Great Britain were carried out, the last by the Navy in May 1918. [2] The most intense year of the airship bombing of England was 1916. [3]
21 December – World War I: First bombing raid on Britain when a German floatplane drops bombs in Dover Harbour. [27] 24 December – World War I: British and German soldiers begin an unofficial Christmas truce. Britain's mainland is bombed for the first time when a German floatplane drops a bomb on Dover. [6]